Transforming Climate Finance into Action
…wildfires, which have been exacerbated by climate change, we arrived at the Birendra Peace Operations Training Centre (BPOTC). BPOTC is the Nepali peacekeeping training institute dedicated to training over 6000…
Pakistan’s Evolving Nuclear Security Culture
…National Nuclear Regulatory Authority to coordinate technical trainings for PNRA engineers and scientists. All these trainings and practices are essentials to maintain a safe and secure nuclear program. In April 2018, the…
Breaking the Mold: The Evolution of US-Pakistan Cooperation Beyond Security
…Foreign Policy, April 24, 2023, accessed July 3, 2023, https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/24/china-afghanistan-lithium-critical-minerals-taliban-energy-environment/. While there is reason to question the near-term viability of such efforts, any resulting significant contracts backed by Beijing could…
Pragmatism Shapes Growing GCC Engagement With the Taliban
…with neighbors and foreign powers. The policy has had some success. While the Taliban are still not recognized by the UN and many member states as Afghanistan’s legitimate government, several…
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, October 2022
…Updates Global Nuclear Security Partners (GNSP) On October 23-24, 2022 the GNSP, in conjunction with the University of Bristol and Sellafield, ran a nuclear threat detection training exercise. The training…
Japan-Taiwan Relations: Opportunities and Challenges
…important is the goodwill between two key partners of the United States in East Asia. One of the main platforms for Japan-Taiwan cooperation, the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, is…
Trump Doesn’t Understand Arms Sales
…which enables foreign governments to receive U.S. weapons and associated military training via grants from the U.S. government. These grants are largely used to purchase U.S. weapons through foreign military…
Gordon Adams is quoted in Washington Times on the foreign policy challenges facing the US in 2014
…Kerry‘s first full year as the top U.S. diplomat promises to be busy in a foreign policy landscape increasingly resistant to American dominance. But analysts predict that the Obama administration…